Cleveland mayor has 1 challenger

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CLEVELAND - Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson has drawn a single challenger in his re-election bid.

CLEVELAND — Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson has drawn a single challenger in his re-election bid.

Businessman Ken Lanci was the only other candidate to submit a petition to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections by Thursday’s deadline. That means there will be no primary election in the mayoral race.

The two top vote-getters in the nonpartisan primary race typically face off in the November general election. But because only Jackson and Lanci have filed, there will be no mayoral contest in the September primary.

Jackson and Lanci are both Democrats.

Four would-be candidates picked up petitions for the mayoral race but did not file them by the deadline.

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